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>CREATE USER</H1
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>Name</H2
>CREATE USER&nbsp;--&nbsp;define a new database role</DIV
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>Synopsis</H2
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>CREATE USER <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>name</I
></TT
> [ [ WITH ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>option</I
></TT
> [ ... ] ]

<SPAN
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>where <TT
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><I
>option</I
></TT
> can be:</SPAN
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>

      SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
    | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
    | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
    | CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
    | INHERIT | NOINHERIT
    | LOGIN | NOLOGIN
    | REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION
    | CONNECTION LIMIT <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>connlimit</I
></TT
>
    | [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD '<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>password</I
></TT
>'
    | VALID UNTIL '<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>timestamp</I
></TT
>'
    | IN ROLE <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>role_name</I
></TT
> [, ...]
    | IN GROUP <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>role_name</I
></TT
> [, ...]
    | ROLE <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>role_name</I
></TT
> [, ...]
    | ADMIN <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>role_name</I
></TT
> [, ...]
    | USER <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>role_name</I
></TT
> [, ...]
    | SYSID <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>uid</I
></TT
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>Description</H2
><P
>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE USER</TT
> is now an alias for
   <A
HREF="sql-createrole.html"
>CREATE ROLE</A
>.
   The only difference is that when the command is spelled
   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE USER</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>LOGIN</TT
> is assumed
   by default, whereas <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>NOLOGIN</TT
> is assumed when
   the command is spelled
   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE ROLE</TT
>.
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>Compatibility</H2
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>   The <TT
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>CREATE USER</TT
> statement is a
   <SPAN
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>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> extension.  The SQL standard
   leaves the definition of users to the implementation.
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>CREATE ROLE</A
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